Australian Amateurs May Lose 2300-2302 MHz:

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA
http://www.acma.gov.au/) -- that country's equivalent to the FCC --
has proposed changes to spectrum usage in the 2300-2302 MHz band that
will make it off-limits to Australian amateurs as of 2015. The ACMA
wants to re-allocate the spectrum to LTE (Long-Term Evolution) wireless
data systems, the kind popularly used for mobile broadband
applications. The proposed change would give LTE services 100 MHz
between 2300 and 2400 MHz.

According to the Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA
http://www.wia.org.au/), this secondary Amateur Radio allocation is
the only viable option for Earth-Moon-Earth (EME) contacts between
Australia and IARU Region 2 (where the EME activity is on 2304 MHz) or
Region 1 (which uses 2320 MHz). If the reallocation goes through,
Australian EME activity would then be confined to 2400 MHz and above,
where ISM and Wi-Fi equipment are likely to cause interference.

"Amateurs in the United States are in no immediate danger of losing
2300-2305 MHz because the use of the 2300-2400 MHz band by various
radio services in this country is quite different from most of the
world," explained ARRL Chief Executive Officer David Sumner, K1ZZ.
"Unfortunately, our colleagues in many other countries are facing the
same challenge as in Australia, as the pressure grows for commercial
mobile broadband services." -- Thanks to Phil Wait, VK2ASD, and the
Wireless Institute of Australia for the information